Happy Halloween!
Rowen and I didn’t win any costume prizes today, but our
twin snowy owls were a hit with everyone who saw them at school – and again
when we were out trick-or-treating tonight.
The highlight of the day at school was the haunted house in
the gym; and the show that the teens put on this year was better than ever –
even with having our trip through it toned down a bit for Ethan and Ehlana’s
benefit. Mom, Aunt Leanne, and Claire
Norton were all helping out at lunchtime with costumes and make-up for the
girls again this year, so Ethan and Ehlana were with us all afternoon for the
haunted house and class party.
We’ve had a beautiful, warm fall day for all of the fun,
though it started out chilly; and is going to cool off again overnight. While the high school students spent the
morning setting up the haunted house in the gym, everyone else in the school
had to at least pretend to be having regular lessons. For our class, that meant playing our way
through Math and English, and then going outside for Phys-Ed; since the gym was
in use. That was fun too, but we
actually exercised fairly hard too; so Rowen and I weren’t the only kids in our
class running a bit behind at lunchtime after grabbing showers before moving on
to the girls’ costume and make-up room.
The Grade Seven and Eight classes didn’t do the haunted
house until two-thirty, so the main part of our parties was between lunchtime
and then; and we mostly just cleaned up again after getting back from the gym until
it was time to go home. Ethan and Ehlana
loved hanging out with us all afternoon; joining in as much as they could for
the games and entertainment; and helping out with making the munchies and
drinks disappear. We were all on sugar
overload by the time we headed home.
Ethan and Ehlana had also spent the morning with Naomi and
Aiden, splitting their time between doing a Halloween Magi lesson at our house
and going to the KidZone Halloween party.
Rowen and I had to wait until after school to hear about their morning
adventures, and that was part of our daily re-cap and snack time with Mom. We had time after that to go to the park for
a little play time, and then were home again for an early, quick dinner before
getting into our costumes again.
Dad needed to take a bunch of pictures, and then we were set
free to go trick-or-treating while he and Mom stayed home to hand out treats to
the three hundred or so kids they expected to get tonight thanks to the
extra-nice weather and town reputation for being the best place to be on
Halloween night. We hit every house on
our street, just as every kid in town would, and then worked our way
south. Rowen and I took the stroller
with us, but we still needed to carry Ethan and Ehlana a lot; and covering the
entire town wasn’t going to be an option for us – especially since my brother
and sister attracted a lot of extra attention at every stop. That meant skipping streets or blocks of
houses, but we made sure that we stopped in to see all of our favorite people –
like Rowen’s grandparents; Uncle Nick and Aunt Deborah; and Grandpa Grant and
Grandma Eleanor.
Even with skipping half the town or more, I’d say we’re set
for sugar and snack fixes at least until Thanksgiving.
We were home by eight-thirty, and though Rowen and I did
have the option of going back out again for a bit longer, we’d had enough; and
I really wanted to spend some quality time with my Jacuzzi. I walked Rowen home first and we gave her
parents the trick-or-treating recap for a few minutes before I went back to my
place and helped Mom with getting Ethan and Ehlana changed and into bed while
Dad continued to handle the incoming ghouls, goblins, and other creatures and
characters. I’ve been in my Jacuzzi
since then, and multi-tasking so I can go straight to bed and sleep after I’m
done in the tub. I’m actually doing this
journal entry first; mostly because I didn’t feel like dealing with email,
work, or studying yet. I do need to get
on with all of that, though, and have pretty much covered the news for today,
so I’ll wrap this up and move on.
Say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
